It is a little known fact that temperatures in the West Antarctic Peninsula have been warming at a rate four times faster than the global average. At the U.S. base Palmer Station, where I spent three months assisting ecological research, the glacier behind us has retreated around 400 meters since its first construction in the 1960s. In this frozen and fragile continent, the climatic variability and visible landscape changes are the most dramatic in the world, helping to visualize the narrative of modern climate change. As each year sees dramatic shifts in sea ice timing and extent, Antarctica its tight web of ecological community members are under increasing threat to survive the human impacts of contemporary life.